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Whoopsie OT for 01-07-16

gol blast it! It's Wednesday night, isn't it? Well, now I know I should write this thing Monday or Tuesday. But then it wouldn't be topical, would it? I mean, who wants to read about nutballs taking over a backwater wildlife refuge building? Or Saudi Arabia being barbaric? Or Bill planning on campaigning for sHills?

Open thread 08-06-15

(Hey! It's Shahryar, with internet problems on my computer so I'm using shaz's. )

Really! Those people who rule the world should be ashamed of themselves but of course they're not.

In 1939 MGM made a movie called "Idiot's Delight". You might have seen it. We never had until last night. It's Europe on the brink of war. Hollywood's designated "peacenik actor", Burgess Meredith, delivers this line: